A four-year-old kid died on Sunday after taking pulse polio drops at Todapur Aanganwadi Centre in West Delhi.

After taking the medicine, the condition of Ashish, a resident of Todapur village near Patel Nagar, deteriorated and he was taken to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

But, the doctors there declared him brought dead.

According to the authorities, Ashish’s death was a coincidence as he was given OPV along with 145 children, including Ashish’s two sibs and no other case of any complication has been reported up till now.

Professor Kiran Walia, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Delhi said, “All children were given drops from the same vial and none of them have reported any side effect. We are monitoring their condition.”

The police have registered a case in this regard.

The officials of health department said that Ashish’s postmortem will be conducted on Tuesday at the RML Hospital

They added that the Union Health Ministry had also been informed and a committee including functionaries from the Drug Control Authority would be investigating the whole matter.

The officials are waiting for the postmortem report before taking any action.

Dr. CM Khanijo, officer on special duty, Pulse Polio Programme said, “Soon after the matter was brought to our notice, we visited the family in Todapur village. We are told the child was malnourished. In fact, his siblings, who were also administered OPV, suffer from some bone disease and are not very healthy. His siblings as well as the over 145 children who were given the vaccine are doing fine. The chances of death resulting from the vaccine are less, but we're waiting for the postmortem report.”

The kid was reportedly suffering from Grade-IV malnutrition, and health authorities claimed that his death could have been an unfortunate incident, which happened because of other factors.

“We were told the boy was very weak and had to be carried in his mother's arms. A four-year-old should ideally come walking,'' Dr. Khanijo said.

The doctors at RML Hospital also said that Ashish’s death due to Polio drops was unbelievable.

"The child must have had an underlying medical condition and the death after the polio dose was administered appears to be a coincidence,'' said a senior doctor at RML Hospital.

Ashish’s family members said that their child died soon after reaching home from the anganwadi centre.